This is straight-up tragic. The “anti-racism” sweeping institutions still ends up rendering black people as somehow different, other, unable to meet even basic standards. Ralph Ellison weeps. “Rutgers English Department to deemphasize traditional grammar”https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-english-department-to-deemphasize-traditional-grammar-in-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter/ …
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If Rutgers is relying upon that sound research, then it could actually move students forward in ways we all want to see. So far, I don't know enough about what "de-emphasize" means in this case to be for or against. The story didn't explain it.
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Not a linguist, just some guy. In the world of work - I am in tech - mastery of Standard English is foundational and lacking it is career suicide.
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1/ I think the point is that worldwide people routinely use regional/cultural dialects, like Ebonics, which are usually primarily spoken, and still MASTER the more standardized language. I live in such a place. Americans continually fail to look beyond their borders. We should
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2/recognize that Black language in America is legit and call it a dialect, as it is. But let’s not rob students of the opportunity to be fully educated in the standard English they will need to have opportunity in the wider world their whole lives. Only way to learn is to USE it.
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This argument has gone on since the 90s at least. People don't realize that they're not using "Black" English as a substitute for "Standard" English. It's used as a tool to learn standard English, and it's been recognized by linguists as a different form of English.
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Because nobody is denying that Mandarin is a language, you bellend. But while people will gladly accept Scottish, Australian etc varieties of English, AAVE is dismissed as "bad grammar" when linguistically, it's its own form of English.
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1)Language is fluid not standard, it evolves and our institutions can evolve with it. 2) Some of the smartest people in this country speak AAVE or Ebonics why not give them equal opportunity. 3) There's a great
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